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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Dear
linguists,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4> I am
looking for a list of clipped forms in English (such as VET for VETERINARY
SURGEON, PHONE for TELEPHONE, COMBO for COMBINATION, etc.) to carry out a
statistical study concerning the frequency of use of the clipped
forms and the "original" forms.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080
size=4> Has anyone heard of such a list or of such a
corpus?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Thanks a
lot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Best
regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Denis
Jamet</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080
size=4><BR>************************************************************************************<BR> <BR>Denis
Jamet<BR>Maître de Conférences en Linguistique anglaise - Chargé de mission à la
Maison des Langues<BR>Responsable du département d'anglais et des concours
CAPES-Agrégation<BR>bureau 2345<BR>Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3<BR>Faculté
des Langues - Département d'anglais<BR>6, cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon,
FRANCE<BR><A
href="http://facdeslangues.univ-lyon3.fr">http://facdeslangues.univ-lyon3.fr</A><BR> <BR>"Les
Ruets"<BR>42370 Renaison<BR> <BR>Tel. (mobile) : 06-82-45-80-61 (numéro
court : 6556)<BR>Tel. (fac) : 04-26-31-85-56</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>